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Below are links to websites, articles and papers relevant to preventing violence against women in Victoria, if you know of any other useful resources please contact us.
from DVRC :: from VicHealth :: Government publications:: Newspaper articles :: Other local resources :: International resources
Domestic Violence Resource Centre (Victoria)
DVRCV's website has a comprehensive list of local resources and links relating to domestic and family violence
'101 ways great and small to prevent family violence: A Victorian resource kit' contains an entire section on projects targeting children and young people. Download from the DVRCV website
DVRCV runs a variety of training programs (including sessions on working with children and young people) download a current training calendar
DVRCV produces leaflets and fliers relating to family and relationship violence, view examples and download an order form
VicHealth
'Preventing violence before it occurs: a framework and background paper to guide the primary prevention of violence against women in Victoria' can be downloaded from the VicHealth website
'Two steps forward, one step back: Community attitudes to violence against women' is a research paper based on VicHealth's community attitudes survey. It makes several recommendations for effective prevention download from VicHealth
Government Publications
Download the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development's 'Responding to Allegations of Student Sexual Assault in Schools' from the Student Wellbeing website
www.familyviolence.vic.gov.au provides direct access to
Victorian government information on family violence and will be further
developed over time to include links to regional initiatives.
Newspaper articles
'The internet and the rise of porn' The Age, 03/01/2008, Maree Crabbe and David Corlett
'Young people duped by culture of degrading sexual attitudes'The Age, 08/01/2008, Maree Crabbe
Other local resources
The Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse has a national online database of good practice programs that respond to domestic violence, including a large number aimed at young people both for prevention and intervention.
The Sexual Ethics website has been developed by a NSW research project investigating the exploration of sexual ethics as a tool for preventing sexual assault.
The Australian branch of Amnesty International has released a National Plan of Action to eliminate Violence Against Women which includes advice on prevention as well as responses to violence against women.
XYonline is an archive of profeminist articles by and for men on a broad range of issues including men's use of violence against women, pornography and violence prevention.
Women's Health West has a section of their website devoted to the prevention of violence against women with links to local prevention projects and some excellent planning tools for those initiating new violence prevention projects.
International resources
The California-based, Prevention Connection, has a 'wiki' with information on a range of materials (eg. workshop exercises, school curriculum, books, posters and dvds) about and for the primary prevention of violence against women visit violence prevention wiki
The UK website Womankind Worldwide has a range of resources and activities that schools can use with students to prevent violence against women
'Preventing violence against women and girls: A Study of Educational Programmes' This report by Jane Ellis, University of Warwick , includes a comprehensive evaluation of the schools' work in England. Download from Womankind
VAWnet is a Pensylvanian website with long lists of articles on programs, evaluation, and research on preventing violence against women (follow the 'prevention and education' link under either domestic violence or sexual assault).
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance has links to a range of resources. Of particular interest to violence prevention practitioners is their journal 'Moving Up Stream' which focuses on the primary prevention of sexual violence.
A Canadian consortium has compiled a review of school based violence prevention programs and produced a range of resources focused on preventing violence against women and girls.
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